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provided training in convoy escort and anti-submarine warfare. In March, 1944, she shifted homeport from Miami to [Norfolk, Virginia]?. In June 1944, she escorted a convoy from New York to Norfolk. Between July 13 and November 7, 1944, Reuben James successfully escorted two convoys to the Mediterranean, returning with westbound convoys. During the ship's first eastbound voyage, nine German bombers attacked its convoy off Algeria on August 1, 1944. Reuben James shot down one enemy bomber. Returning to Boston on November 7, 1994, she joined an anti-submarine group operation in the North Atlantic. Operating south of Newfoundland, Reuben James was present when the [USS Buckley (DE-51)]? sank [German submarine U-879]? on April 19, 1945. Arriving at Houston, Texas on July 4, 1945 Reuben James completed conversion to a [radar picket ship]? on November 25, 1945 and was subsequently employed in the Atlantic and the Caribbean while being |
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provided training in convoy escort and anti-submarine warfare. In March, 1944, she shifted homeport from Miami to [Norfolk, Virginia]?. In June 1944, she escorted a convoy from New York to Norfolk. Between July 13 and November 7, 1944, Reuben James successfully escorted two convoys to the Mediterranean, returning with westbound convoys. During the ship's first eastbound voyage, nine German bombers attacked its convoy off Algeria on August 1, 1944. Reuben James shot down one enemy bomber. Returning to Boston on November 7, 1944, she joined an anti-submarine group operation in the North Atlantic. Operating south of Newfoundland, Reuben James was present when the [USS Buckley (DE-51)]? sank [German submarine U-879]? on April 19, 1945. Arriving at Houston, Texas on July 4, 1945 Reuben James completed conversion to a [radar picket ship]? on November 25, 1945 and was subsequently employed in the Atlantic and the Caribbean while being |
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